Relationship between antibodies to herpes simplex virus (HSV) and symptoms of HSV infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 470-475

  Cowan, Frances M ^a   Johnson, Anne M ^c   Ashley, Rhoda ^c   Corey, Lawrence ^c   Mindel, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0029762027     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.3.470     Document Type: Article

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